Comparing milled fiber, Quebec ore, and textile factory dust: Has another piece of the asbestos puzzle fallen into place

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-188

  Berman, D Wayne ^a  

^a Aeolus Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Chrysotile; Elutriator; Fiber size; Lung cancer; Mining; PCM; PCME; TEM; Textile

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE;

AIR SAMPLING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; DUST; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEXTILE FIBER; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE WORKER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MINERAL FIBERS; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXTILES;

EID: 75749103731     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408440903349137     Document Type: Review

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